Carpet-stretcher



(No Model.)

- S. J. SPITLER.

CARPET STRETGHER. No. 260,907. Patented July 11, 1882.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

SETH J. SPITLER, OF GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN.

CARPET-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,907, dated July 11,1882.

Application filed May 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SETH J UDSON SPITLER, ofGreenville, in the county of Montcalm and State of Michigan, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Garpet-Stretchers; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescriptionthereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing,which forms a part of this specification.

. The nature of this invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements in the construction of devices employed for stretchingcarpets; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction,arrangement, and combination of the various parts, all as more fullyhereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, in which my invention is shown inperspective, A represents a suitable lever, to one end of which I securea hook or toe, a. To this lever I pivotally secure by any proper meansthe connecting-bar B, to the opposite end of which 1 pivotally securethe plate or block 0. This plate I provide with a series of spurs, b,and to the end of the connecting-bar O, I also pivotally secure the dogD.

In practice the plate 0 is laid upon the carpet with the lever in itsdepressed position. By raising the end of the lever the hook or too apierces through the carpet and engages with the floor, compelling theplate with its spurs to engage with the carpet, and as the lever isstill further raised it will stretch the carpet. When it has beensufficiently stretched, and I desire to tack the carpet, I depress thedog D, compelling its prongs to engage with the floor, which preventsthe carpet from slipping back.

As the construction and operation of this device are so simple, afurther description thereof is deemed unnecessary.

What I claim as my invention is- A carpet-stretcher consisting of thelever A, provided with the hook or hooks a, connecting-bar B, and plate0, provided with spurs b and dog D, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

. SETH J. SPITLER.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. SoULLY.

